Eco Plant Pals Classroom Kit
About Eco Plant Pals
Eco Plant Pals are fascinating and fun to grow. With
12 different styles, plant, experiment and learn from
these fun and interesting characters! Eco Plant Pals
come with their own seeds, germination disk, trading
card, decals, and growing pots that are ecological;
everything you need to get started and then some.
These environmentally friendly characters will sprout
in 7 to 10 days and give you endless amounts of
entertainment and freedom to experiment and learn as
much as possible!
Planting Instructions
1.Place your decal on your Eco Plant Pal pot.
2.Place your germination disk in bottom of your Eco
Plant Pal pot.
3.Fill your Eco Plant Pal pot with ¼ cup of water.
4.Disk will dissolve and turn into germination mixture
in about 10 minutes. Mix up the germination mixture
and smooth the surface.
5.Sprinkle seeds on top of the germination mixture
and press in about 1/8 of an inch.
6.Cover your planted Eco Plant Pal pot with the
sprouting lid.
7. Place your pot on windowsill or in a sunny location.
8. Your seeds will sprout in 7 to 10 days.
9. Make sure your soil stays moist after removing the
lid from the Eco Plant Pal pot.
10. Your Eco Plant Pals can be transplanted into a
larger pot or outside after they are well established
and all fear of frost has passed.
Student Guide
different. In the center circle, write things
that are alike. Summarize the differences and
similarities on the top of your page. Share with
the other groups what your group came up with
and discuss.
3.How Does Water Affect Plant Growth?
In your group, plant your 2 Eco Plant Pals. One
Eco Plant Pal should be planted with tap water
and the other with distilled water. Place in a
windowsill and allow sprouting to occur after 7 to
10 days. How do the 2 plants differ? How does
water affect plant growth?
4.How Does Light Affect Plant Growth?
In your group, plant your 2 Eco Plant Pals. Water
one of the pots with some water (careful not to
over water) and place in a warm sunny spot. Do
not water the second pot and place it in a cool
dark place. Leave the Eco Plant Pals for a few
days and watch to see what happens to each pot.
How has the Eco Plant Pal in the cool dark place
progressed? How has the Eco Plant Pal in the
sunny spot progressed? Observe and record your
observations. Discuss the possible reasons for the
outcome of each Eco Plant Pal with your group.
5.Food Coloring
Add a couple drops of food coloring to a cup of
water. Plant your Eco Plant Pal and water with
the colored water. Place your pot in a sunny
windowsill and after 7 to 10 days observe the
plant. What happened? Discuss your results with
your group.
Company Information
Eco Plant Pal Experiments
1.Identifying Similar Plants
In your group, observe all the sprouted plants
and discuss the similarities and differences.
Divide the plants into categories based on
their similarities. After dividing the plants into
groups refer to the General Care Database to
see if your group was correct.
2.Flowering and Non-Flowering
A Venn diagram helps you compare two things.
In a group draw a Venn diagram and compare
flowering and non-flowering plants. In the outer
circles, write things about the plants that are
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